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HMCShips FREDERICTON and CHARLOTTETOWN

March 11, 2024 by Roger Litwiller

HMCShips FREDERICTON and CHARLOTTETOWN

Canadian Patrol Frigates, HMCS FREDERICTON (left) and HMCS CHARLOTTETOWN undergoing maintenance and upgrading at HMCDockyard in Halifax on 8 May 2019. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL-DSC_0289)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Canadian Patrol Frigate, CPF, Frigate, Halifax, HMC Dockyard, HMCS, HMCS CHARLOTTETOWN (III), HMCS FREDERICTON, Naval History, Navy, RCN, Refit, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships

HMCS MONTREAL Syncrolift

February 6, 2024 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS MONTREAL Syncrolift

HMCS MONTREAL on the sycrolift undergoing maintenance on 6 December 2021. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL00572)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: CPF, Frigate, Halifax, Halifax class frigate, History, HMC Dockyard, HMCS, HMCS MONTREAL, Naval History, Navy, RCN, Refit, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, Syncrolift

HMCShips TORONTO and HALIFAX

January 6, 2024 by Roger Litwiller

HMCShips TORONTO and HALIFAX

HMCS TORONTO (left and HMCS HALIFAX alongside in HMC Dockyard, Halifax on 2 September 2018. With their masts covered in scaffolding, both ships are in various stages of upgrading radar and sensor equipment. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL28986)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Canadian Patrol Frigate, CPF, Frigate, Halifax, Halifax class frigate, History, HMC Dockyard, HMCS, HMCS HALIFAX, HMCS TORONTO, Naval History, Navy, Refit, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships

HMCS WASAGA in Drydock

December 16, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS WASAGA in Drydock

HMCS WASAGA hull has been given a fresh coat of anti-fouling paint while on the marine slip in Dartmouth in 1943. A great photo of the Bangor class minesweepers twin screws. WASAGA’s starboard propeller seems to have been marked for HMCS GRANDMERE. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM093)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Bangor class, Battle of Atlantic, DartMouth NS., Drydock, HMCS, HMCS WASAGA, Minesweeper, Naval History, Navy, North Atlantic, RCN, Refit, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, WWII

HMCS MONTREAL on the Syncrolift

October 6, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS MONTREAL on the Syncrolift

HMCS MONTREAL undergoing maintenance on the syncrolift at Fleet Maintenance Facility CAPE SCOTT in HMC Dockyard at Halifax on 10 December 2021. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL00833)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Canadian Patrol Frigate, CPF, Fleet Maintenance Facility Cape Scott, Frigate, Halifax, Halifax class frigate, HMC Dockyard, HMCS, HMCS MONTREAL, Naval History, Navy, Refit, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, Syncrolift

HMCS SACKVILLE Refit

September 19, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS SACKVILLE Refit

View of HMCS SACKVILLE from her stern looking forward in the Fleet Maintenance Facility. Photo taken at Fleet Maintenance Facility, CAPE SCOTT on 30 August 2018. Roger Litwiller Collection, Courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL08938)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Battle of Atlantic, Canadian Naval Memorial Trust, corvette, Fleet Maintenance Facility Cape Scott, Halifax, History, HMC Dockyard, HMCS, HMCS SACKVILLE, Naval History, Navy, RCN, Refit, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, WWII

HMCS MONTREAL

September 5, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS MONTREAL

HMCS MONTREAL on the syncrolift undergoing maintenance work in HMC Dockyard in Halifax on 10 December 2021. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL00792)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Canadian Patrol Frigate, CPF, Fleet Maintenance Facility Cape Scott, Frigate, Halifax, Halifax class frigate, HMC Dockyard, HMCS, HMCS MONTREAL, Maritime Forces Atlantic, Naval History, Navy, RCN, Refit, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, Syncrolift

HMCS WASAGA in Refit

August 5, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS WASAGA in Refit

Bangor class minesweeper, HMCS WASAGA in drydock in Dartmouth, NS sometime in 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM089)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Bangor class, Battle of Atlantic, DartMouth NS., Halifax, HMCS, HMCS WASAGA, Minesweeper, Naval History, Navy, North Atlantic, RCN, Refit, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, WWII

HMCS WASAGA in Refit

July 17, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS WASAGA in Refit

Ross Milligan (sitting) with ship mate, Wm. Weaver at Dartmouth, NS while their ship HMCS WASAGA is in refit behind them in 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM086)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Battle of Atlantic, DartMouth NS., Drydock, History, HMCS, HMCS WASAGA, Minesweeper, Naval History, Navy, RCN, Refit, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, WWII

HMCS ST JOHN’S on the Syncrolift

June 5, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS ST JOHN’S on the Syncrolift

HMCS ST JOHN’S sits on the Syncrolift at Fleet Maintenance Facility CAPE SCOTT in Halifax on 2 September 2018. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL28984)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: CPF, Fleet Maintenance Facility Cape Breton, Frigate, HMC Dockyard, HMCS, HMCS ST. JOHN's, Naval History, Navy, RCN, Refit, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, Syncrolift

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